The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-05-19
Written for the PosT.
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nv MIGNOSKTTE.

NSohn ueV' wy oh''g -p'0 "hN : 'N'h
walk into town tJ Gee q lady who
WAS making tho children some
dresses 1t was a mild day in7Arril
reminding ono Of the coming Spring,
a promise cf the approaching eca.
son w1s.felt in tho mir and seen IN
the deep blro Of the ely, 'isable
through riffs in the light clouds that
tried to hide il. True, tho ground
was soft and 5muddy, and at inter-
walls the pavcmonls raro covered
with slush left by tho recent thaw,
but when I looked down at the. 1t
tie red hood bohbiny along eerouely
at my side, and / thought Of the
other precious two ut home, my
heart was full nf sunHline for it was
full Of love for these dear babies and
their father, and tho memory % tbeir
love fox ug'' both.
Ga that loliShttul iayl,I 'oltI like
thanking God for my haFpy home, q
kind husband.and three sweet bright
children.
Ia this frame OF mini I called NJ
my dressmakorel unl. ssoon entered
into n pleasant conversation with
her, iin lius her al intelligent, com.
panionablo lady, hut one who bore
an unmistahallo expression of deep
sadness in hor face, / had undor-
stood that sho was 4 vid1w, living
at present with her father, rrd when
she spoke Of losing q cLili tho age
of my boy, and of'urrsing her only
remaining child, n daughter through
n long illno-s before coming home
to her father-my,, feelings were
tou,hol anl | spp';o in 4 - sympa-
thotic 'mrnnor ,of her widowhocd
and lonely life. "Oh," said she, 81
nm not n widow, ny trouble is ten
fol1,wors, thln wid)Shopl.s. Ny
husband is still living, but far away
from mo lie is wodlol to his evil
habits His, appatite Tor strong
drink beclmo stronger than his love
for his wife and child and that is
why ], to-day, am working for
strangers INSTEAD Of keeping lny
own house, as | once did.
"Yes; Mrs.,wo have been away from
him three ycnrs, sometimes think
we should have stayed and tiied 10
reform him but if failed after try
ing for fifteen years.I surely could
do no more.
81 had to think Of my daughter
too, my only child, rs good II girl as
ever lived. How could | toach ber
to respect father who was coarse
and unloving toward her, in spito OF
her goodness He drank on and
on until our homo aud ell wo had
was lost forever, then left him for
my daughters sake, more than my
own that might give her bet.
ter education in order 10 fit her for
sell-support in tho future, but my
life is lonoly, and Oh Mrs ---
when looked at you tho other day
in your own hOmo, 50 happy with
your husband and little ouos, said
to myself may the good Lord keep
them happy and may nothing ever
come between ,lbom, 10 break up
those blessed tussociaticEs as hUso
band aud wife ! Nothing eau ever
give mo back what have lost.
That man is not tho mHn for whom
l left happy homo and free girl
hood. Liquor has made him the
entire opposite of wha. ho was then
and oil OF tho powers Of earth could
not give them back TO me The good
Father alone can do any thing to re-
form him and We can only pray and
watt
l left her house with sad
denel feeling, bat with n thankful
heart. Oh, how blessed arc We who
are not touched by tho influence Of
the demon appetite, whose houses
have escaped tho witLoring blight
and how tcuder and helpful should
we be to those whose lives have been
made ship8recks for such cause.
All that woman can do, let III be
ready to do 10 the cause Of Tenn
perauco. five need no help, our
neighbors 10, and it is the duty OF
every true woman 10 search out
such noighbors uud help them; even
our womanly sympathy and tender
hearteduess toward all these in
trouble will alleviate much of their
grief. Let Us give what wo have
when 50 much needed, not holp in
the shape Of money which might be